US 12,269,462 B1
Spatial prediction
Gowtham Garimella, Burlingame, CA (US); Marin Kobilarov, Mountain View, CA (US); and Kai Zhenyu Wang, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/820,378.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving sensor data associated with an environment of a first vehicle;
determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, a type of intent of a second vehicle proximate the first vehicle, wherein the intent is associated with a maneuver to be performed by the second vehicle during a future time, the maneuver comprising a plurality of trajectories within a first region in the environment;
determining, based at least in part on the intent, an entirety of time that the second vehicle performs the maneuver;
determining that the type of intent satisfies a temporal condition;
determining, based at least in part on the sensor data and the type of intent satisfying the temporal condition, a second region of the environment around and encompassing the second vehicle, wherein the second region includes areas in the environment that are likely to be occupied by the second vehicle for the entirety of time and within the first region;
determining, based at least in part on the sensor data and the second region of the environment, a blocked region corresponding to the first region that the first vehicle should not enter; and
determining an instruction for controlling the first vehicle based at least in part on the blocked region.